The geography of famine
By: William A. Dando.
Series: Scripta series in geography
Publisher: V. H. Winston; E. Arnold
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Silver Springs, Md; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Famines.; Food supply.
Description: Describes famine from a historical and spatial perspective and suggests that natural factors cause crop failures, but humans cause famines, famines are man-made. Case studies of famines in England, India, and Russia are included, as well as discussion of changing food procurement and production methods and the effects of technology and population growth on relative food supply.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.